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Wild Hunt

The Wild Hunt is a folklore motif occurring across various northern, western and eastern European societies, appearing in the religions of the Germanics, Celts, and Slavs (motif E501 per Thompson). Wild Hunts typically involve a chase led by a mythological figure escorted by a ghostly or supernatural group of hunters engaged in pursuit. The leader of the…

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Wild Hunt

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related to Germanic tradition · 36
Wild Hunt → Based, Berchta, Berchtold, Cain's Hunt, Cornwall, Devil's Dandy Dogs, England, Gabriel's Hounds, German, Germany, Ghost Riders, Herla's, Herlaþing, Herod's Hunt, Holda, Holle, Host, Hunt, In England, It
related to Europe · 28
Wild Hunt → Annwn, Britain, Chasse-galerie, Cŵn Annwn, Familia Hellequini, Fontainebleau, French, French Canadian, Gwyn, Hellequin, Her, Host, In Arthurian, In France, In Welsh, Latin, Le Grand-Veneur, Maisnie Hellequin, Middle English Herla, Nudd
related to Germany · 24
Wild Hunt → An, Berchta, Berhta, Berta, Count Ebernburg, Count Hackelberg, Dogs, Fru Gode, Fru Waur, Germany, Holda, Holle, Holt, Horses, Host, Host's, Hunt, In, Northern Germany, Perchta
related to Music · 24
Wild Hunt → Arnold Schoenberg's, César Franck's, Das, Der, Der Freischütz, Die Walküre, Franz Liszt, Gottfried August Bürger's, Gurre-Lieder, Heer, Hunding's, In, Jäger, Karl Maria, Le Chasseur, No, Richard Wagner's, Siegmund, The Accursed Huntsman, The Wild Hunt
related to Historiography · 21
Wild Hunt → Berchta, Christian, Deutsche Mythologie, Europe, Frau Gaude, German, Grimm, Grimm's, Holda, Hunt, In, In Grimm's, It, Jacob Grimm, The, This, Wilde Jagd, Wodan, Woden's, Wuotan
related to Comics · 20
Wild Hunt → Accursed, British, Dark Elf King, Hellboy, Herne, Hunt, In King Vold, In Mike Mignola's, In The Wild Hunt, King Vold, King Volmer, Malekith, Marvel Comics, Mignola, Norwegian, Svartalfheim, The Flying Huntsman, The Wild Hunt, Thor, Thor's
related to Games · 18
Wild Hunt → Advanced Dungeons, Assassins, CD Projekt Red's, Celtic Mythos, Deities, Demigods, Dragons, Edition, Hunt, In, It, Kings, Master, Pack, Players, The, The Witcher, White Frost
related to In modern paganism · 17
Wild Hunt → Gwyn, Halloween, Hecate, If, In, Norfolk, Nudd's, Pagan, Rachel Morgain, Reclaiming, Referred, San Francisco, Susan Greenwood, The, Various, Wicca, Wild Hunt Challenge
related to External links · 16
Wild Hunt → Ari Berk, Ashliman, Encyclopedia Americana, Legends, Liam, On, Orcadian, OrkneyjarRogers, Penance, Power, Pursuit, Samhain, The Wild Hunt, Trail, White Dragon, William Spytma
related to Britain · 15
Wild Hunt → Angely, Easter, English, Harlequin, Henry, Herlechin's, Herlechini, In, January, Normandy, Orderic Vitalis, Peterborough Chronicle, Reliable, St Evroul-en-Ouche, Wild Hunt's

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Wild Huntis afolklore motif occurring across various northern0.90text
Wild Huntis agoddess Hecate0.90text
Wild Huntis asubject of Transcendental Étude No0.90text
Wild Huntis aCanadian horror drama film of 2009 by director Alexandre Franchi.The MTV series Teen Wolf features the Wild Hunt as the main villains of the first half of season 60.90text
Wild Huntis aprimary element of R0.90text
Wild Huntis aritual performed by the Bosmer0.90text
Herodinstance ofbiblical figures0.80text
Caininstance ofbiblical figures0.80text
Gabrielinstance ofbiblical figures0.80text
or the Devilinstance ofbiblical figures0.80text
or an unidentified lost soulinstance ofbiblical figures0.80text
war or plagueinstance ofor elves.Seeing the Wild Hunt was thought to forebode some catastrophe0.80text

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